Sturdymemorial
Geriatrician
Attleboro, MA · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$197k-$313kDetected 7 days ago
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About the role
- The clinician will emphasize function, quality of life, medication safety, goals-of-care alignment, and coordination across the care continuum.
- Chronic Disease Management - Provide evidence-informed management of common geriatric conditions (e.g., frailty, dementia, delirium risk, polypharmacy, osteoporosis, urinary incontinence, heart failure, COPD, diabetes in older adults).
- Preventive Care & Risk Reduction - Tailor screening and preventive strategies to life expectancy, function, patient values, and clinical context; address falls prevention and mobility preservation.
Responsibilities
- Perform structured medication reviews, deprescribing when appropriate, and reconciliation after transitions of care.
- Diagnosing and managing dementia, mild cognitive impairment, delirium risk, depression, anxiety, and behavioral symptoms in partnership with caregivers and community support.
- Facilitate goals-of-care discussions; document advanced directives/POLST/MOLST where applicable; align treatment plans with patient preferences.
- Provide geriatric consults for complex older adults and collaborate with PCPs and specialists.
- Evaluate and manage subacute changes (e.g., delirium triggers, falls, dehydration, infection risk) while reducing avoidable ED visits/hospitalizations when clinically appropriate.
- Identify home safety risks (falls hazards, medication storage, nutrition access, caregiver strain) and implement mitigation strategies.
Requirements
- Board Certified/Board Eligible in Geriatric Medicine (or Internal Medicine/Family Medicine with geriatrics expertise), per organizational requirements
- Demonstrated experience with complex older adults, chronic disease management, and interdisciplinary care
- Ability to travel for community visits
- Required for community visits
Nice to have
- Experience in home-based primary care, PACE, SNF/ALF rounding, or complex care management programs
- Training/experience in palliative care, dementia care, or transitional care
- Prior quality improvement or program development experience
- Core Competencies
- Expertise in geriatrics: frailty, multimorbidity, functional decline, cognitive disorders, polypharmacy, falls
- Patient- and family-centered communication
- shared decision-making
- Team-based care, care coordination, and systems thinking
Compensation
- $196,992.72-$313,150.49 -
- The pay range displayed on each job posting reflects the anticipated range for new hires.
- A successful candidate's actual compensation will be determined after taking factors into consideration such as the candidate's work history, experience, skill set, and education.
- For annual salaries this is based on full-time employment.
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Benefits
- Conduct multidimensional evaluations including medical complexity, functional status, cognition, mood, fall risk, nutrition, sensory impairment, caregiver support, and social determinants of health.
- Deliver medical care in patient homes and community settings (e.g., assisted living, adult day programs, supportive housing) for patients with mobility, cognitive, or access barriers.
- Support hospital-to-home (or SNF-to-home) transitions, including timely follow-up, medication reconciliation, symptom monitoring, and coordination with home health and caregivers.
- Partner with nursing, social work, care management, pharmacy, PT/OT, behavioral health, and community agencies to address medical and social needs.
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